Giovanni Battista Amendola

Born 1848Died 1887

Active: 1879 - 1886

Country of birth and death: Italy

Sculptor

From Sarno. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Naples. The majority of his work is in Naples, including a statue of Joachim Murat for the façade of the Royal Palace, a bust of architect Enrico Alvino in the grounds of the Villa Comunale. There is also 'Pergolesi Dying' at the opera house in Salerno. Amendola lived in Britain from about 1879-86.

Citing this record

'Giovanni Battista Amendola', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib7_1250558838, accessed 24 May 2018]